Hosein, Gus


Dr Gus Hosein  

Department

Position held

Department of Management

Information Systems and Innovation Group (ISIG) (Department of Management)

Visiting Senior Fellow and co-founder of the Policy Engagement Network

Experience keywords:

terrorism; surveillance; international instruments; data protection; regulation; privacy; anti-terrorism policies; free speech; cybercrime; civil liberties; technology and society

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Dr Hosein specialises in privacy, the interplay between technology and society, and civil liberties. His early research was in technology policy and regulatory change. Previous fellowships focused on international co-operation in criminal matters. His current research deals with anti-terrorism policies, civil liberties, privacy and international policy dynamics. Dr Hosein has advised international, governmental, non-governmental and private organisations on technology and policy issues. He is a Fellow of the British Computing Society and a Chartered IT professional.

Languages:

French [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Intermediate]

Media experience:

RadioTV

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 6403

Publications

The following references are sourced from LSE Research Online|. References that are linked lead to the full text.

2011

Liebenau, Jonathan and Elaluf-Calderwood, Silvia and Hosein, Gus and Kärrberg, Patrik (2011) Near field communications: privacy, regulation & business models. Department of Management, London School of Economics, London, UK

Davies, Simon and Whitley, Edgar A. and Hosein, Gus (2011) How academic research makes impact, but not always in the way the Minister wanted… the story of the LSE Identity Project. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Whitley, Edgar A. and Hosein, Ian (2011) Global identity policies and technology: do we understand the question? Keesing journal of documents and identity, 2011 ISSN 1571-0564

Hosein, Gus and King, E. (2011) Age of insecurity. Index on censorship, 40 (2). pp. 92-100. ISSN 0306-4220

2010

Davies, Simon and Whitley, Edgar A. and Hosein, Gus (2010) How academic research has impact – but not always what the Minister wanted: the story of the LSE Identity Project. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Whitley, Edgar A. and Hosein, Gus (2010) The politics of the identity documents bill. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Hosein, Gus and Whitley, Edgar A. (2010) New government to scrap ID cards. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Bouçek, Françoise and Jones, George W. and Wilks-Heeg, Stuart and Travers, Tony and Beckett, Charlie and Hosein, Gus and Carrera, Leandro N. and Leunig, Tim (2010) LSE election experts reflect on the election result. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Whitley, Edgar A. and Hosein, Gus (2010) Global identity policies and technology: do we understand the question? Global policy, 1 (2). pp. 209-215. ISSN 1758-5880

Whitley, Edgar A. and Hosein, Gus (2010) Opposition policies on identity cards. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Whitley, Edgar A. and Hosein, Gus (2010) Labour’s policy on identity cards. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Whitley, Edgar A. and Hosein, Gus (2010) Identity cards, identity databases, biometric passports and compulsion: some clarifications. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Hosein, Gus (2010) No hiding place. Index on censorship, 39 (1). pp. 58-68. ISSN 0306-4220

2009

Whitley, Edgar A. and Hosein, Gus (2009) Global challenges for identity policies. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK. ISBN 9780230542235

2008

Whitley, Edgar A. and Hosein, Ian R. (2008) Doing the politics of technological decision making: due process and the debate about identity cards in the UK. European journal of information systems, 17 (6). pp. 668-677. ISSN 0960-085x

Hosein, Ian and Whitley, Edgar A. (2008) Departmental influences on policy design. Communications of the ACM, 51 (5). pp. 98-100. ISSN 0001-0782

2007

Hosein, Ian and Whitley, Edgar A. and Angell, Ian and Davies, Simon (2007) Reflections on the academic policy analysis process and the UK identity cards scheme. The information society, 23 (1). pp. 51-58. ISSN 1087-6537

Hosein, Ian (2007) The challenges for identity policy and the US context. US Federal Trade Commission, USA

Hosein, Ian (2007) Regulatory challenges for US and EU airlines and passengers: current and future challenges: a briefing to the European parliament. Privacy International, London, UK

Davies, Simon and Hosein, Ian (2007) The economic benefit of identity management and assurance. HM Treasury, London, UK

Edwardes, Cheryl A. and Hosein, Ian and Whitley, Edgar A. (2007) Balance, scrutiny and identity cards in the UK. Criminal justice matters, 68 (1). pp. 29-30. ISSN 0962-7251

Whitley, Edgar A. and Hosein, Ian (2007) Policy engagement as rigorous and relevant information systems research: the case of the LSE Identity Project. In: Österle, Hubert and Schlep, Joachim and Winter, Robert, (eds.) Proceedings of the 15th European conference on information systems (ECIS 2007): relevant rigour, rigorous relevance. University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland, pp. 1301-1312.

2006

Hosein, Ian (2006) Privacy as freedom. In: Jørgensen, Rikke Frank, (ed.) Human rights in the global information society. MIT Press, Cambridge, pp. 121-148. ISBN 0262101157

Hosein, Ian (2006) International co-operation as a promise and a threat. In: Koops, Bert-Jaap and Brenner, Susan W, (eds.) Cybercrime and jurisdiction : a global survey. The Hague : TMC Asser, West Nyack, NY. ISBN 9067042218

2005

Whitley, Edgar A. and Hosein, Ian (2005) Policy discourse and data retention: the technology politics of surveillance in the United Kingdom. Telecommunications policy, 29 (11). pp. 857-874. ISSN 0308-5961

Hosein, Ian (2005) Comparing EU and US communications surveillance policies. Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe

Hosein, Ian (2005) Walking on the dark side. Index on censorship, 34 (3). pp. 28-37. ISSN 0306-4220

Hosein, Ian (2005) Transforming travel and border controls: checkpoints in the open society. Government information quraterly, 22 (4). pp. 594-625. ISSN 0740-624x

Hosein, Ian (2005) Transforming travel and border controls : checkpoints in the Open Society. Government information quraterly, 22 (4). pp. 594-625. ISSN 0740-624x

2004

Hosein, Ian (2004) The sources of laws: policy dynamics in a digital and terrorized world. The information society, 20 (3). pp. 187-199. ISSN 1087-6537

Hosein, Ian (2004) Politics of the information society: the bordering and restraining of global data flows. UNESCO, Paris, France

Hosein, Ian and Escudero-Pascuale, Alberto (2004) Questioning lawful access to traffic data. Communications of the ACM, 47 (3). pp. 77-82. ISSN 0001-0782

Hosein, Ian (2004) Sources of laws : policy dynamics in a digital and terrorized world. Information society, 20 (3). pp. 187-199. ISSN 0197-2243

2003

Hosein, Ian and Tsiavos, Prodromos and Whitley, Edgar A. (2003) Regulating architecture and architectures of regulation: contributions from information systems. International review of law, computers & technology, 17 (1). pp. 85-97. ISSN 1360-0869

Hosein, Ian (2003) A research note on capturing technology: toward moments of interest. In: Whitley, Edgar A. and Wynn, Eleanor H and Myers, Michael D and DeGross, Janice I, (eds.) Global and organizational discourse about information technology. Kluwer Academic Publishers, London, pp. 133-154. ISBN 9781402073250

Tsiavos, Prodromos and Hosein, Ian and Whitley, Edgar A. (2003) The footprint of regulation: how information systems are affecting the sources of control in a global economy. In: Korpela, Mikko and Montealegre, Ramiro and Poulymenakou, Angeliki, (eds.) Organizational information systems in the context of globalization. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 355-370. ISBN 9781402074882

2002

Hosein, Ian and Whitley, Edgar A. (2002) The regulation of electronic commerce: learning from the UK's rip act. Journal of strategic information systems, 11 (1). pp. 31-58. ISSN 0963-8687

Hosein, Ian (2002) The collision of regulatory convergence and divergence: updating policies of surveillance and information technology. The South African journal of information and communication, 2 (1). ISSN 1607-2235

Tsiavos, Prodromos and Whitley, Edgar A. and Hosein, Ian (2002) An exploration of the emergence, development and evolution of regulatory characteristics of information systems. In:23rd International Conference on Information Systems (15-18 December 2002 : Barcelona, Spain).

Hosein, Ian and Tsiavos, Prodromos and Whitley, Edgar A. (2002) Regulating architecture and architectures of regulation: contributions from information systems. In:17th BILETA Annual Conference (5-6 April 2002 : Free University, Amsterdam).

2001

Sorensen, Carsten and Whitley, Edgar A. and Madon, Shirin and Klyachko, D. and Hosein, Ian and Johnstone, J. (2001) Cultivating recalcitrance in information systems research. In: Russo, Nancy L. and Fitzgerald, Brian and DeGross, Janice I., (eds.) Realigning research and practice in information systems development. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 297-316. ISBN 9780792374206

Whitley, Edgar A. and Hosein, Ian (2001) Doing politics around electronic commerce: opposing the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Bill. In: Adam, Alison and Howcroft, D. and Richardson, H. and Robinson, B., (eds.) (Re)-defining critical research in informations systems: an international workshop. University of Salford, Salford, UK. ISBN 9780902896369

Whitley, Edgar A. and Hosein, Ian (2001) Doing politics around electronic commerce: opposing the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Bill. In: Russo, Nancy L. and Fitzgerald, Brian and DeGross, Janice I., (eds.) Realigning research and practice in information systems development. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 415-438. ISBN 9780792374206

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